3 · 40 words
Living in a home
Renting, moving in, and the things in a flat that need fixing.
Renting a home in Korea has its own vocabulary. Besides monthly rent, 월세, there is 전세: the tenant hands over a large deposit, gets it back at the end, and pays no rent at all. Most people live in flats, so lifts, 관리비 (the monthly charge for the building) and 층간 소음 (noise from the flat above) come up as often as the rooms themselves. Moving house ends with a party: 집들이.
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이사하다to move houseVerb3
다음 달에 회사 근처로 이사해요.Next month I am moving to somewhere near my office.
입주하다to move in (to a new building)Verb3
새 아파트에 다음 주에 입주할 예정이에요.We are due to move into the new flat next week.
환기하다to air (a room), ventilateVerb3
요리한 뒤에는 창문을 열고 환기하세요.After cooking, open the windows and air the room.
수리하다to repairVerb3
고장 난 세탁기를 수리하는 데 이틀 걸렸어요.It took two days to repair the broken washing machine.
새다to leakVerb3
천장에서 물이 새서 양동이를 받쳐 놓았어요.Water was leaking from the ceiling, so I put a bucket under it.
도배하다to wallpaperVerb3
이사 들어가기 전에 방을 새로 도배했어요.Before moving in, we had the rooms newly wallpapered.
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